BIOGRAPHY OF RIHANNA

Her very first single, "Pon De Replay", from the album "Music of the Sun", was released in May 2005. Over two million copies of it sold worldwide. Following this great success, her second album, "A Girl Like Me" was released in April 2006, featuring the singles "SOS (Rescue Me)" and «Break It Off", featuring Sean Paul. She has been nominated for a Grammy twenty four times, and she has won one eight times during her career. While she was at it, she participated in the world tour of the Pussycat Dolls as the opening act.

For her third album, "Good Girl Gone Bad", she changed style and surrounded herself with Timbaland and will.i.am, the leader of The Black Eyed Peas. It was a landslide success once again, helped by the single "Umbrella" featuring Jay-Z, which won the Grammy for the best Rap collaboration.

"Rated R" followed in early 2009, which included "Rude Boy" and "Russian Roulette", then the "Loud" album in late 2010. The single, "Only Girl (In The World)", produced by David Guetta, was its biggest hit, also winning a Grammy.

In 1963, he founded his first group, called "6 Sigma", with Nick Mason and Richard Wright. Bob Klose and Syd Barrett joined the group in 1964. The group changed name several times: The Architectural Abdabs, then The Tea Set. Shortly after, the Pink Floyd group was formed and David Gilmour joined them early in 1968. Their first performances did not meet with great success with the public. In 1969, they created the music for the film "More" and released the album, "Meddle", which was a success.

THE WALL

In 1978, Roger Waters presented "The Wall" to the rest of the group. It became a major album for the group, along with "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "Wish you were here." He left the group in the early 80s and released his first solo album, "The pros and cons of hitch hiking" in 1984. David Sanborn, a well-known saxophonist and Eric Clapton, the guitarist, participated on this album. Unfortunately, it was not a success.

On 21 July 1990, Waters gave the biggest concert ever held in Europe in front of 300,000 people in Germany, after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

In 2005, Waters rejoined Pink Floyd for a concert in London. Then, in 2006, he began an extensive tour in Europe.

In 1962, The Rolling Stones performed on stage for the first time. The main competitors of The Beatles, the group released their first 45, "Come on", in 1964.

The single, Satisfaction, became a worldwide hit. Then the group had a series of successes: Aftermath in 1966, Beggar’s Banquet in 1968.

THE DEATH OF BRIAN JONES AND THE ARRIVAL OF MICK TAYLOR

The year 1969 was marked by a tragedy: The death of Brian Jones. Mick Taylor replaced him, followed by the release of Let It Bleed and Sticky Fingers in 1971 and finally Exile on Main Street in 1972. Mick Taylor left the band soon after this. They create their own record label called Rolling Stones Records.

In 1973, The Rolling Stones releases their famous Hit single “Angie” dedicated to Angela Bowie. It was a tremendous success internationally. Following this release, they go on a worldwide tour. The band unleashes the crowds when they go outside.

THE ROLLING STONES COMEBACK

After a fifty-year career, The Rolling Stones comes back altogether to celebrate this anniversary. A documentary “Crossfire Hurricane”, directed by Brett Morgan, has been released for this special moment. They also release a new Greatest Hits “GRRRR!” including two unheard songs, “Doom and Gloom” and “One More Shot”.

SLASH'S EARLY DAYS

Slash and Steve provided cover for the group, Hollywood Rose, replacing the guitarist and drummer. They took part in the group's first concerts in Seattle, then quickly become permanent members.

SLASH AND GUNS N’ ROSES

In 1986, with Axl Rose, they created the very famous group, "Guns N' Roses"! He collaborated with many artists such as Michael Jackson, Bob Dylan, Lenny Kravitz... On April 14, 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Guns N' Roses.

He left Guns N' Roses in 1995 and created a new group, Slash's Snakepit, which lasted until 2002. Then he began a new project with Velvet Revolver.

In 2010, Slash released his first solo album on which the singers Iggy Pop, Fergie from Black Eyed Peas and Flea from The Red Hot Chili Peppers participated.

Many artists from the 80s were present, such as Emile et Images, Jean-Luc Lahaye, Début de soirée, Coookie Dingler, Patrick Hernandez, Lio, Sabrina, François Feldman and many others to perform their greatest hits.

The tour put on concerts in the largest venues in France: Palais des sports de Paris, Palais des sports de Paris-Bercy, Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Arène de Bayonne, Arène de Nîmes and Stade de France.

Thanks its success, the Stars 80 tour was extended for another tour in 2014: Stars 80 - L'Origine ran from October 23 to December 14, 2014 and was then extended into 2015.

A new tour is has been organised for between 2016 and 2017 to celebrate 10 years of the tour (the RFM Party 80 tour established in 2006 is included).

Their biggest hit? "Roxane", released in 1978! The song remained high up in the charts until their separation in 1984. During the period of The Police, Sting also began his acting career in 1979, appearing in Quadrophenia, the rock opera by the group, The Who!

A SOLO CAREER

In 1985, Sting began a solo career during which he released 11 albums including the latest, "The Last Ship", which was released in September 2013 and which gave birth to a musical. During his solo career, he collaborated with many artists such as Phil Collins, Frank Zappa, I Murvini, Eric Clapton and more. He recently collaborated with the French singer, Mylène Farmer, performing a duet, "Stolen Car". Towards the end of the 2000s, The Police reformed for a world tour: we had the chance to welcome them for two nights in a row on 29 and 30 September 2007!